Episodes

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I thought it might be useful to see a list of all the episode to date - with my chronology placement in brackets. I've chosen not to add the dates of the no-reference episodes. As you can see, most of the episodes actually fit well together. If you accept my chronology, series 1-2 mainly concentrate on 1934 and 1935, series 3-8 on 1935-36 and series 9-12 on 1936-38. It's also interesting to note the consistency in development of Poirot's life ("detective agency" with Miss Lemon and Capt. Hastings, "consulting detective" on his own, new/old apartment, active years/retirement etc.). 

The first series of episodes (1989):
  1. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (July 1935)
  2. Murder in the Mews (November 1935)
  3. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
  4. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (June 1934)
  5. The Third-floor Flat
  6. Triangle at Rhodes (October/November 1934)
  7. Problem at Sea
  8. The Incredible Theft (October 1936)
  9. The King of Clubs
  10. The Dream (probably early 1936)
The second series of episodes (1990):
  1. Peril at End House (probably summer 1935)
  2. The Veiled Lady (July 1935 or 1936 - placed in July 1935)
  3. The Lost Mine (February 1935)
  4. The Cornish Mystery
  5. The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
  6. Double Sin (October 1935)
  7. The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (November 1936)
  8. The Kidnapped Prime Minister
  9. The Adventure of the Western Star
  10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (June 1917)
The third series of episodes (1991):
  1. How Does Your Garden Grow? (May 1935)
  2. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (May 1936)
  3. The Affair at the Victory Ball (November 1935)
  4. Wasp's Nest (August 1934)
  5. The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (September 1935)
  6. The Double Clue
  7. The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
  8. The Theft of the Royal Ruby (December 1935)
  9. The Plymouth Express
  10. The Mystery of Hunters Lodge
The fourth series of episodes (1992):
  1. The A.B.C. Murders (August/September 1936 - placed in August 1933)
  2. Death in the Clouds (June/July 1935)
  3. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (August 1937)
The fifth series of episodes (1993):
  1. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (June/January 1934/1936 - placed May 1934)
  2. The Under Dog (June 1936)
  3. Yellow Iris (September 1936)
  4. The Case of the Missing Will (June 1936)
  5. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (September 1935, possibly 1936)
  6. The Chocolate Box (early 1900s/mid-1930s)
  7. Dead Man's Mirror (March 1936)
  8. The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
The sixth series of episodes (1995-96):
  1. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (December 1936)
  2. Hickory Dickory Dock (April 1934 / October 1936 - placed in April 1936)
  3. Murder on the Links (July (May) 1936)
  4. Dumb Witness
The seventh series of episodes (2000):
  1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  2. Lord Edgware Dies (June/July 1936 - placed in June/July 1937)
The eigth series of episodes (2001):
  1. Evil under the Sun (August 1936)
  2. Murder in Mesopotamia (January 1938)
The ninth series of episodes (2003-04):
  1. Five Little Pigs (June - placed in June 1937)
  2. Sad Cypress (September 1937)
  3. Death on the Nile (Jaunary 1936)
  4. The Hollow (September 1938)
The tenth series of episodes (2005-06):
  1. The Mystery of the Blue Train (May 1936 - placed in May 1937)
  2. Cards on the Table
  3. After the Funeral (July 1936)
  4. Taken at the Flood (possibly 1936 - placed in September/October 1937)
The eleventh series of episodes (2008):
  1. Mrs McGinty's Dead (October 1940 - placed in 1938)
  2. Cat Among the Pigeons
  3. Third Girl (1937 - placed in October)
  4. Appointment with Death (1937 - placed in January)
The twelfth series of episodes (2010-11):
  1. The Clocks (late 1930s)
  2. Three Act Tragedy
  3. Hallowe'en Party (October/November)
  4. Murder on the Orient Express (January/February 1938)
The thirteenth series of episodes (2013):
  1. Elephants Can Remember (1938)
  2. The Big Four (March/April 1939)
  3. Dead Man's Folly
  4. The Labours of Hercules
  5. Curtain (October 1949/February 1950)